Archives for January 3rd, 2007

LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANAGERS CONFIDENT ABOUT 2007

Headlines, PublicNet: 3 January, 2007

LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANAGERS CONFIDENT ABOUT 2007

 

A survey by the Chartered Management Institute shows that 54 per cent of senior executives in the local government sector are confident about the year ahead. Asked specifically about prospects for their organisation over the next twelve months, almost half gave an upbeat forecast. The extreme views were given by 11 per cent who claimed they are ‘very optimistic’ and 6 per cent who admitted to being nervous about 2007.

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CITY DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES TAKING SHAPE

Headlines, PublicNet: 3 January, 2007

CITY DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES TAKING SHAPE

 

The new style city development companies, proposed in the local government white paper, will look very much like Urban Regeneration Companies. A consultation document from the Department for Communities and Local Government sets out reasons for favouring the URG model.

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SHARED SERVICES – BIGGER, CHEAPER, BETTER

Abstracts, PublicNet: 3 January, 2007

This report from the Society of IT Management fills the gap between the Government’s commitment to sharing services across the public sector to cut costs by 20% per cent and the practicalities of making it happen. Sharing services is one of the three key prongs of the ‘Transformational Government’ strategy. The advice in the report is backed up by examples on issues like initiating partnerships, finding leaders, governance structures, choosing delivery models, and involving the private sector.The case studies featured include a county and district council collaboration centred on a joint CRM system to support contact centres, a single non-emergency number partnership, a partnerships parking programme and a shared service centre which centralizes a range of back-office functions including finance, procurement, business intelligence, recruitment, employee services, payroll, data management and training administration .

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